[RFC PATCH v1 14/14] mm: document new /sys/class/bdi/<bdi>/min_bytes knob

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



This documents the new /sys/class/bdi/<bdi>/min_bytes knob.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Roesch <shr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-bdi | 15 +++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-bdi b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-bdi
index 580f723de049..bec996e29565 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-bdi
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-bdi
@@ -57,6 +57,21 @@ Description:
 
 	(read-write)
 
+What:		/sys/class/bdi/<bdi>/min_bytes
+Date:		October 2022
+Contact:	Stefan Roesch <shr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
+Description:
+	Under normal circumstances each device is given a part of the
+	total write-back cache that relates to its current average
+	writeout speed in relation to the other devices.
+
+	The 'min_bytes' parameter allows assigning a minimum
+	percentage of the write-back cache to a particular device
+    expressed in bytes.
+	For example, this is useful for providing a minimum QoS.
+
+	(read-write)
+
 What:		/sys/class/bdi/<bdi>/max_bytes
 Date:		October 2022
 Contact:	Stefan Roesch <shr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
-- 
2.30.2




[Index of Archives]     [Linux RAID]     [Linux SCSI]     [Linux ATA RAID]     [IDE]     [Linux Wireless]     [Linux Kernel]     [ATH6KL]     [Linux Bluetooth]     [Linux Netdev]     [Kernel Newbies]     [Security]     [Git]     [Netfilter]     [Bugtraq]     [Yosemite News]     [MIPS Linux]     [ARM Linux]     [Linux Security]     [Device Mapper]

  Powered by Linux